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Welcome to PACK EXPO East, the April 16-18 event showcasing the latest packaging innovations at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Apr 16th, 2018

More than 6,000 attendees are expected to attend this biennial event produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Spanning almost 100,000 net-sq-ft, the show will feature nearly 400 exhibitors demonstrating innovations in food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical device, cosmetics and personal care, industrial and household chemical, and other packaged goods industries.

Here are five tips to get the most out of the event:

+ Download the PACK EXPO East Mobile App for exhibitor listings, products and sessions, and create your own show plan and itinerary.

+ Check out the Innovation Stage sessions covering topics such as metal detection or X-ray inspection, reusable transport packaging systems, OPC-UA collaboration, completing a robotic line, end-to-end traceability solutions, and more.

+ Experience the PACK EXPO Drone Demo—Packaging for the Last Mile, demonstrating a new frontier in supply chain logistics.

+ Join the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network and attend its first regional meeting on April 17 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

+ Discover the PACK EXPO East partner associations that are advancing industry alliances at the event.

Read our show preview here.

PMMI

Rat Knee Joints

Quick Hits: New Drug Combo Reversed Arthritis in Animals

Researchers have found that a combination of two experimental drugs treats osteoarthritis better than either drug alone.

Quick Hits: FDA Could Approve MDMA as Early as Next Year

Once known as a party drug, MDMA just received “expanded access” approval from the FDA for the treatment of PTSD.

MySafe Opioid Vending Machine

Quick Hits: Vancouver Has the World's First Biometric Opioid Vending Machine

The new vending machine dispenses a medicinal alternative to heroin as part of a harm reduction strategy in the opioid crisis.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Quick Hits: Drugs With a History of Shortages Get Some Love

Civica Rx and Thermo Fisher Scientific are teaming up to develop and manufacture drugs that have a history of shortages.

Seven key steps for a capital project RFP

RFP Process Challenges and Solutions

Having upfront clarity into needs and establishing standards for what to use (and why), are the two biggest shortcomings cited by Vision 2025 participants in the Request for Proposal process.

Radiation Therapy

Quick Hits: Radiation Therapy Could Get a Lot More Efficient

A new form of radiation therapy delivers a weeks’ worth of radiation to cancer patients in just one second.

ISTA Pharma Committee set to release its OQ best practice guideline.

Q&A: The New OQ Standard for Reusable Pharma Shippers

Increased demand for reusable passive thermal packaging systems has led to a need for industry standardization. Learn how pharma companies and suppliers are coming together to streamline adoption—and how you can benefit.

Quick Hits: Scientists Warn Whooping Cough is Evolving into a ‘Superbug’

The highly contagious bacterial disease that kills tens of thousands of people each year is getting tougher to fight.

Quick Hits: Forget Google Glass, Get Me These AR Contact Lenses

Mojo Vision contact lenses feature MicroLED technology that projects augmented reality text and images into the wearer’s vision field.

Young Living, headquartered in Utah with farms and operations around the world, makes a wide range of essential oils and other products.

Hitting Essential Filling Speeds for Essential Oils

With expansions in pharmaceutical, medical, and food and beverage applications, the essential oil market is booming. Young Living turned to Syntegon (formerly Bosch Packaging) to triple its filler speed and improve yield.

Sovereign implemented serialization and aggregation on all three configurations of packaging lines at once.

CDMO Speeds its Line with Open-Source L4 Serialization System

With the serialization deadline approaching, Sovereign Pharmaceuticals implemented open-source software that allows the company to make their own changes and improve packaging efficiency.

New bandage that repels blood.

Quick Hits: New Bandage Repels Blood and Promotes Clotting

A scientist in Switzerland accidentally invented a new kind of bandage that stops bleeding without sticking to the wound.

Multifunctional Equipment: Challenges and Solutions

Multifunctional Equipment: Challenges and Solutions Faced by CPGs Today

Finding a standardized process to manage changeover, and balancing flexibility, reliability and cost are some of the major pain points for Vision 2025 participants.

Vital Proteins Collagen Options

Rotary Filler Helps Keep Pace With Booming Collagen Market

To keep up with skyrocketing demand for its collagen powders, Vital Proteins turned to Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery and its rotary filler. It boosted production from 20 to 100 plastic canisters a minute, also improving safety and ease of operation.

Quick Hits: Research Finds Some CBD Pet Products Don’t Contain CBD

The explosion of CBD products on the market has trickled over to pets, but some companies seem to be making false claims.

Shown here is a corrugated case of 30 cartons just before the flaps are closed and sealed.

Sanofi Stick Packs Run at 800/min

Dual-filler liquid stick pack line for antacids and analgesics includes an innovative robotic transfer concept that plays a big role in enabling throughput of 800 packs/min.

Zantac Packaging

Quick Hits: Heartburn Medication Recalls Continue

The FDA has recalled more heartburn medications that have been found to contain trace amounts of a substance linked to cancer.

Report: Innovative New Pharmaceutical Packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

Governor Gavin Newsom

Quick Hits: Will California Launch a Generic Drug Label?

The governor of California is looking to contract generic drug companies to create prescription medications to be sold to the state residents..

PepsiCo’s bubly sparkling water line was among the Top 25 Breakthrough Innovations, aligning with sparkling water’s position as the fastest-growing category in bottled water, at 30%.

Top 25 Breakthrough CPG Product Innovations of 2019

Products on the list include those in the food and beverage, personal care, OTC, and petcare categories and reflect consumer trends such as good-for-you ingredients, convenience, and a move away from traditional beverage products, among others.

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Willingness to diversify fuel use can become a competitive advantage for a business.

Facing Global Climate Crisis, 5 Logistics Questions to Ask

Companies shipping products, whether temperature-controlled or not, must start evaluating alternative energy sources sooner rather than later. Could this offer a competitive advantage?

Universal Flu Vaccine

Quick Hits: Universal Flu Vaccine Protects Against 6 Different Viruses in Mice

Researchers at Georgia State University have created a novel nanoparticle vaccine that could lead to universal protection from influenza.

Vision 2025 PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Improving Asset Reliability

Learn what Vision 2025 participants at PACK EXPO Las Vegas had to say about improving asset reliability in their organizations, and where they are on the road to continuous improvement.

Quick Hits: New Analysis Finds No Link Between Baby Powder and Cancer

The largest analysis to date, led by the U.S. government found no strong evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer.

Controversial new labeling idea

Headlines from the U.K. sound promising but reading deeper reveals very little benefit for contemplating such a major change for food manufacturers.

Reliefband alleviates nausea and vomiting

Quick Hits: Wearables Get Therapeutic with Reliefband

Reliefband Technologies just unveiled a variety of therapeutic wearables that have received expanded clearance from the FDA.

Nominations for the Class of 2020 will be accepted beginning March 3, 2020

Commission Tapped to Elect 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees

Who's who of packaging and processing align to pick top honor.

Technology investments will focus on improvements in safety technology and efficiency.

Top Supply Chain Issues in 2020

Supply chain and logistics professionals will be focusing on labor issues and new technology in 2020, particularly those that improve safety and efficiency.

Artificial Pancreas

Quick Hits: FDA Approves Artificial Pancreas

The Control-IQ artificial pancreas device for people living with Type 1 diabetes was developed at the University of Virginia.

Hormel, Barry-Wehmiller Early One Voice Ready Certification Adopters

To close the industry’s workforce development and skills gap, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network recently launched its new One Voice Ready certificates, an assessment-based program based on knowledge of specific industry solutions and best practices.

Dementia Vaccine

Quick Hits: Dementia Vaccine Approaches Human Trials

After successful results in mice, a novel vaccine that prevents neurodegeneration is now ready for human trials.

Inspired by the water-repellent lotus leaf, the wrap can be used as packaging or can be shrink-wrapped onto surfaces to fight the spread of MRSA, salmonella and more.

Anti-Microbial Wrap Offers Promise from Hospital to Kitchen

Superbugs take note: Inspired by the water-repellent lotus leaf, the wrap can be used as packaging or can be shrink-wrapped onto surfaces to fight the spread of MRSA, salmonella, and more.